No Chance In Hell – Toronto Fringe 2014 Press Release

Have you always done the right thing? What if you arrived at the Pearly Gates and were informed that your file was missing? Could you convince the judge that you deserve access to Heaven? The new Canadian musical, No Chance in Hell explores that question and the classic battle of good vs. evil – but with a twist! What happens when good and evil fall in love? Do they spend the hereafter in Heaven or Hell?

No Chance in Hell is based on a screenplay Chris John wrote several years ago. “With an epic love story between good and evil, the premise always felt larger than life – it was so theatrical,” says John. “So I wondered how it would look as a musical. Voila! Once I put the story in a theatrical environment, everything came to life… so to speak.”

Directed by Dora nominated director Lezlie Wade (Elegies, Rent, Man of No Importance), with book and lyrics by Chris John, award-winning screenwriter ofKarma, Curve Balls and Poker Night, and with music by Kevin Fox, Canada’s ‘go-to’ cello player/arranger who has worked with everyone from Celine Dion, Olivia Newton-John and Tom Cochrane to Justin Bieber and Kathleen Edwards – No Chance In Hell (NCIH) is set to become our country’s next great Pop Musical.

In addition, NCIH producers have managed to secure an acclaimed mix of veteran and up-and-coming performers such as Susan Wesson and Jonathan Whittaker from the Mirvish production of Les Misérables, and Dana Jean Phoenix from the 2013 Fringe hit The Musical of Musicals, The Musical!